The practise of storing books flat on the shelves in medieval times probably gave rise to the decoration of the closed book's fore edges as a quick visual method of identifying the volumes. From the Sixteenth...
After the revival of the art of fore edge painting in the 18th Century by bookbinders like James Edward of Halifax and John Whitaker, this treatment of books became very popular. At the time book collecting...
Demetre Chiparus is perhaps the most famous exponent of the art deco figurine in bronze. Chiparus (1886-1947) was Romanian-born but worked in Paris sculpting theatrical subjects as well as dancers from the...
Fayral and Guerbe were 2 pseudonyms used by the famous Pierre Le Faguays. Fayral and Guerbe were both the family names for his mother and wife. Pierre Le Faguays was born in Nantes, France and became famous...
Joe Descomps (1869 - 1950) was a French sculptur working out of Paris in the 1920s and specialised in small scale figures in Ivory and Bronze. Although a number of his chyrselephantine figures are eclectic or...
Gregoire was a famous French bronze sculpturist who worked in France in the 18th Century. He was born in Saumur in 1871 and received the Prix de Rome in 1899 which was followed by many other awards from the...
Blackamoors are sculptures of figures of African descent, frequently created in pairs. These creations may be incorporated into small stands, torcheres, tables or candelabras with elaborate ornamentation. The...
Chryselephantine is the process where an amalgam of bronze and ivory is carved and gilded into a sculpture. This technique was popular with many Art Deco sculptors working out of Paris and Berlin in the 1920s...